Trousers stretcher and creaser.



C. A. MATHENY.

TROUSERS 'STRETCHEB AND CHEASER.

APPLICATION HLED sEPT.G.1912.

APatented Feb. 8, 1916.

THE coLUMmA PLANOGRAPH co.. WASHINGTON, D. c.

CHARLES A. MATHENY, OF KINGSTON, TENNESSEE.

'i TRUSERS `S'PBJJICHF-R AND CREASEB.

Application filed September 6, 1912.

-To all whom t may concern:

4Be it known that I, CHARLES A. MATHENY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Kingston, in the county of Roane, State of Tennessee, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Trousers Stretchers landCreasers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in trousersstretchers and pressers.

The object of the invention is to provide a novel and compact device ofthe class described, which will quickly and efficiently crease a pair oftrousers and stretch them to remove bagginess.

Another object lies in the provision of such a device which will be verylight and simple of structure and thus permit of economical manufacture.

A still further object is to provide a device which can be folded andpacked away in a small space when not in use.

With these and other objects and advantages in view, the inventionresides in the novel combination, and arrangements of parts which shallbe more fully described and particularly pointed out in the appendedclaim.

Reference is had to the accompanying drawings; where similar charactersof reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views,and in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my invention applied, Fig. 2 is asimilar view of the other side, Fig. 3 is an edge view of what is shownin Fig. 1, Fig. 4E is a section on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1, Fig. 5 is asection on the line 5-5 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 6 is a perspective view ofone of the locking clips.

Referring to the drawings, there is .shown a pair of trousers A, withthis invention attached thereto, which comprises the pressing members Band C. Each pressing member is formed of a pair of bars D and E eachmedially hinged as at 6, forming the upper and lower portions 7 and 8.To clamp the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented rei. s, iaie.

Serial No. 718,984.

trousers between the bars D and E a plurality of clamping clips areprovided and are attached to the bar D of the portion 7 and the bar E ofthe portion 8. It is thus seen that the clips are positioned on the barsin such manner that they do not interfere with the folding of said bars.Each of the clamping clips comprises a body member 9, U- shaped in crosssection and provided with an attaching finger 10 extending therefrom andsecured to a bar as at 11. To facilitate forcing the clamping clip overthe bar other than to which it is attached one corner of the body 9 isbeveled as at 11.

To provide means for stretching the trousers, the pressing member C haspivotally se-r cured to the outer extremity of the portion 7 of the barD a stretching bar 12, having formed on its upper face a plurality ofratchet teeth 13. The outer extremity of the portion S of the bar E ofmember B is provided with a similar bar 14, having the teeth 15. Tocoact with the toothed bars the pressing member B has provided on theouter extremity of the portion 7 of the bar D an upstruck lug 16, whilethe outer eXtremity of the portion 8 of the bar E hat a similar lug 17.It is thus seen that by means of the toothed bar 12 and lug 1G andtoothed bar 14 and lug 17 the pressing members are held apart againstthe resilient action of the trousers fabric thus effectively stretchingthe trousers and removing the unsightly bagginess and wrinkles. Thedrawings show that the pressing member B is straight while the member Cis curved to correspond with the curve of the back of the trousers. Itis seen that this causes all of the cloth to be stretched evenly.

What is claimed is:

A trousers stretching and creasing device comprising a pair of creasingmembers, each consisting of clamping bars, a plurality of clipscomprising bodies, said bodies having fingers which are pivotallyconnected to one of the bars, a lug carried by one end of each bar,spacing bars having one of their ends pivotally connected to one bar ofthe creasing members, and their other ends provided with teeth forselectively engaging an adjacent lug, certain of the clips being adaptedIn testimony whereof, I afiX my signato have their fingers engage thespacing bars ture, in presence of two Witnesses.

When the backs of the clip bodies are engaged With the edges of the barsof the CHARIES1-A MATHENY creasing members, thereby holdingthe teethTitnessesz of the spacing bars in engagement with the H. C. BRECK,:tssoolated lugs. C. R; ASHLEY,` Jr.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, `byaddressing the Commissioner of Patents;

Washington, D. C.

